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Type 22 pillbox. Brick frontage with concrete roof. Elevations are 8ft wide and 4ft high. Brick walls constructed first with asbestos sheeting laid over top, then filled with concrete - 1ins thick. Walled entrance 4ft deep with 3 steps into pillbox. Concrete floor, T-shaped anti-ricochet wall. 6 embrasures, entrance embrasure 23ins x 10ins, remaining 15ins x 10ins.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/04/07)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | At the road junction of the West Stafford - Dorchester road, West Stafford. |
Area |
West Stafford, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 7215 9006
(Scale: 1:2500
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Matthews, Graham G. |
Defence grouping |
Southern Command: Dorchester - Poole Harbour Stop Line - Stop line running E from Dorchester to Wareham and Poole Harbour. |
Attached Sheets | (1) Site location plan |
Photographs | (1) - exterior view (attached to form). |
Adjacent sites | Pillboxes at SY 73888963 and SY 72099045; Home Guard hut at SY 74508960. |
DOB site reference: | S0000097 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1996/04/07 |